Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Daily Caller in a video interview that he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race 'probably about Wednesday' May 2 and endorsing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Gingrich, alongside his wife Callista, said the GOP's message in the general election should be, "Can you afford four more years like this? Not complicated. Do you want this much unemployment, this high a gasoline price, this much deficit spending? You have a great president but if you don't want this, you better vote for somebody new."

I hate to say this but it does leave Ron Paul as the only alternative left

He can't get traction because his social and foreign/defense policies are diametrically opposed to those of most in the conservative movement. No one who thinks the traitor Bradley Manning is a hero and patriot is going to be a serious force in the Republican party. No one who thinks it is okay if Iran gets nukes is going to get anywhere in the Republican party. Ron Paul isn't a conservative, he is a Libertarian. He's only using the GOP label because he realizes now that 3rd party's wont work and no one would pay attention to him with an (L) after his name. Thankfully after this cycle the charade will be over since Paul is not running again for his House seat. His son, on the other hand, seems much better and I hope Rand can turn out to be the kind of real conservative with some libertarian leanings that might make for exciting future leadership. The real question is whether Rand is actually like his father and hiding it, or if he really does believe in sane social and foreign/defense policies.

The guy who he said he supports the gun ban he signed in Mass, the ban Clinton signed, and future bans. But when he began his run for the 2008 nomination, he joined the NRA and became a born again gun rights supporter... Riight.

He may be better than Obama, but he's far from Good Enough.

So, here we are, and the country will continue on the road to socialist tyranny, and an economy that's spiraling ever downward, the only question being how fast we're going.

And that is A Very Bad Thing.

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posted on 04/29/2012 5:18:14 PM PDT
by El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)

“Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Daily Caller in a video interview that he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race ‘probably about Wednesday’ May 2 and endorsing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. “

figures. It was great that he lasted as long as he did but the fix was in a long time ago. I understand that Romney knew what he was doing since even before day 1 but what I don’t understand is how Republicans allowed this to happen.

haul yourself down to the local Republican party office (start at the precinct level if you haven't done it before), sign up, attend meetings, go to events, bring family and friends, and push that little piece of the political landscape to the right. Move on from there

Great thought. Doesn't work in the real world. The GOP-E owns the rule book. And if they detect a real conservative that won't play their game, they sideline him with existing rules, or change the rules mid-stream (See Florida).

Nope. Only hope is that the GOP-E dies on the vine after being starved out.

No we can't. But I'll be hanged if I vote for a man who believes in socalisism, abortion, and gun control. My conscience simply won't let me. I fear God more than Obama.

My sincere concern is that we may not be able to survive four years of either man and remain free Americans. The worst thing I can forsee is Romney and the Republicans “reform” Obama care and have a major triumph and leave us stuck with the same tyranny.

I have said it before, but I think the analogy bears repeating (Lord knows the pro-Romney arguments are getting threadbare.)If I hand you two glasses of water. I tell you in the glass on the left is a 50% solution of roundup, I then tell you the one on the right has a 40% solution of roundup. Are you going to drink from either glass simply because they are the two I handed you.

Never before could a third party show as great a contrast on as many issues as now. If all the conservatives would stand behind things could change. I think there ought to be discussion on it.

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posted on 04/29/2012 5:40:05 PM PDT
by Idaho_Cowboy
(Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. II Corinthians 3:17)

Big difference between endorsing a liberal republican candidate and being a leftist politician. We can look at Palin's record in office and look at mitt's. The difference is quite striking. One was a Conservative Governor that took on corruption in both parties and one was a Progressive Governor that was a ted kennedy ally.

Sarah never said, “I was never part of the Reagan Revolution... I never believed in it”. The list is a million miles long. Want to know what mitt will do to America... look at what he has done to FR.

obama and his communist agenda unified Conservatives and Independents and 2010 we were a movement. mitt isn't even the nominee yet and we are a house divided and in some ways the damage may be irreversible.

I would have prefered we all be together enthusiastically supporting a solid conservative candidate, but we couldn’t even agree on which of the other candidates were conservative or not, so we pretty much are screwed now.

No thanks. I want my general election vote to actually make a difference. Squandering it on uncompetitive 3rd party's, vanity candidates or write-in's is a total waste in my opinion. If the GOP nominated a platypus for President, I would vote for it as the only alternative with any chance of defeating our current dog eater President.

Saying that, I am from Virginia and know of Virgil Goode. I do believe him to be a good man. He is actually the only Democrat vote I ever cast. It was in a Democrat primary in the 90's when he was running for Senate. I am an NRA member and the organization encouraged us to vote for him over the far more liberal incumbent Democrat (Robb I believe it was). It's an open primary here, so even conservatives could vote. Didn't work out, but I don't regret taking the time out to support him. I don't think 3rd party's will ever work in our winner take all, no coalition building system, but if I did I'd certainly consider Goode from what I know of him.

No, it couldn't. Conservatives pull the great middle one way (when we're not busy pulling against each other) and radicals pull it the wrong way. Failure to support McCain in 2008 -- not some nebulous smoke-filled back room conspiracy -- has led to the quite obvious (at the time, check it out, I wasn't the only one saying so on FR, some of the others have since thrown up their hands and left FR for good) outcome that those who bother to run at all are less conservative than the candidates in 2008. Don't vote? You don't count. The apparent steady decline of conservative influence on the Republican field comes directly from that, regardless of the Pontius Pilate style handwashing that goes on around here.

"Those arguing against Romney have gone from misguided, to Naive, to pouting children, to unpatriotic people who support Obama. Sadly they are serious." -- Idaho_Cowboy right here [2012]

"A foreigner, a Muslim and a Marxist walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What can I get you, Mr. President?" -- posted by Jeff Chandler [2011]

"Well, if helping to put BamBam in the White House makes you sleep better, have at it. I hope you sleep as well after he loses another war for us, and drags the country into a depression that will make the one back in the 1930s look like a Sunday School picnic." -- Turret Gunner A20 [2008]

"The purists, who will stay at home because our candidate couldn't walk on water without getting the soles of his Teva's wet will have gifted us with another Clintoon pillaging." -- Grampa Dave [2008]

"I will continue to vote R not because I'm convinced they can save the Country-but that they will lose it more slowly. " -- mikeybaby right here [2006]

Please tell this “weak minded psuedo conservative” who to vote for...since the only two people in the world with a chance to win the presidency of the United States are Mitt Romney and Barack Hussein Obama.

I know. I lived in Goode’s district of Virginia. He is no longer a democrat. He is more conservative than Romney. The ex Chairwoman of the Prince Edward Co. GOP went to work for Goode in the 90’s after Allen won Governor.
I was so thrilled when Virginia finally got rid of Chuckie! remember his mistress at VA Bch? he has sure been silent ..hasn’t he..all but fell off the face of the earth.

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posted on 04/29/2012 7:59:53 PM PDT
by katiedidit1
("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)

I guess that, theoretically, since I’m not “scared” into voting for Romney, then you didn’t call ME a name. Having said that there are many people who are “scared” of what a second term of BHO will do to this country. I guess you’re not one of them.

“How about explaining how voting for someone that banned guns, and approved abortion is conservative?”

I can’t explain how that is conservative and it is not my belief. However, I can explain not voting for anyone against BHO for a second term will lead to much worse than anything Romney will be able to do. If Romney wins, then more than likely, there will be decent conservative coattails in the House and Senate. If however, BHO wins, this will be diminshed and we have a better than equal chance of the current status quo...which is unacceptable.

“And why do you think I care who wins if it comes down to those two liberals?”

I don’t think you do care...I think you believe you’ll survive just fine...I trust you’re not surprised between the difference of the “two liberals”.

Voting for gridlock is a valid choice. What if you knew voting for Romney would lead to Democrats taking over Congress in 2014 and winning back the presidency in 2016? Still a good idea to vote for him?

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posted on 04/29/2012 8:33:59 PM PDT
by JediJones
(From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)

Umm, if I do vote for Romney I get exactly that. His actions as Governor have been quite clear. So why should I vote for that? Because Republican tyranny is better than Democrat tyranny? When it comes to socialized medicine and murder, the answer is no. Elections are about choices, I need a man who gives me freedom as a choice. Are we really willing to live under socialism and endorse it because the man pushing it is a Republican?

If we are truly durned if we do and durned if we don't it might be time to change the decision making paradigm. Option three might be getting dangerously close to our only chance(See Declaration of Independence, 2nd Amendment, and Civil Disobedience.)

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posted on 04/29/2012 8:35:45 PM PDT
by Idaho_Cowboy
(Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. II Corinthians 3:17)

If Romney wins, then more than likely, there will be decent conservative coattails in the House and Senate. If however, BHO wins, this will be diminshed and we have a better than equal chance of the current status quo...which is unacceptable.

We're just arguing about how we're going to vote. I haven't seen one Freeper say they're not going to check the box for Republican in the House/Senate. So if those coattails happen it won't be because of Freepers. So you're talking to the wrong audience.

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posted on 04/29/2012 8:41:48 PM PDT
by JediJones
(From the makers of Romney, Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger 2016. Because the GOP can never go too far left.)

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